Halloween

This Halloween I had two Cowboys, one Cowgirl/monkey depending on the day, and one Grand Tetons Park Ranger. Bridger and Rilynn had so much fun playing in their costumes it's amazing they are still intact. Maclain came up with his costume all on his own, I will admit I am impressed and surprised he stuck to it and had no desire to be anything scary or tough. My second Cowboy just happened to get caught. The neat thing about Maclain's costume is the hat. It happens to be my grandpa's hat and Maclain asked to borrow it for his costume, and he loves it and takes great care of it. It made my grandpa's day to think Maclain would be interested in something of his. My grandpa went in for heart surgery on monday. He is doing good, his recovery is slow but steady, so it looks like he will be ok. Because of that this last week I have thought alot about what it means to age and what really is important, and what it is like to lose people we love, and what people want to get out of life. For everyone the story is different, but often similar too.

Pumpkin Patch

This year took us back to our favorite pumpkin patch to pick out the best pumkins. We have done this the last few years and the kids love it and talk about it as soon as the fall comes. Rilynn and Allie had so much fun on the teeter totter it was hilarious to just listen to them laugh.

On our tactor ride to the pumpkin patch the trailer blew a tire so we had to off load and join another group. Because of the incident they let each of us pick two pumpkins each, so we had lots of pumkins this year, and we even carved them all. We had lots of neighbors comment on how many pumpkins we had lining our porch.

Normally I like to take pictures of our family and the kids in the pumpkin patch but this year I was out voted, and I got zero pictures because they were too busy choosing pumpkins.